HR 6961 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Nutrition CARE Act of 2024

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 11, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nutrition Counseling Aiding Recovery for Eating Disorders Act of 2024 or the Nutrition CARE Act of 2024

This bill provides for Medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for individuals with eating disorders. Such services must be furnished by a registered dietitian or nutrition professional pursuant to a referral from a physician, psychologist, or other authorized mental health professional.

Cosponsors 60

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2024 to Dec 19, 2024, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalJan 11, 2024
R-NEDon BaconOriginalJan 11, 2024
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterOriginalJan 11, 2024
D-MNBetty McCollumJan 30, 2024
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzJan 30, 2024
D-WADerek KilmerJan 30, 2024
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyJan 30, 2024
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoJan 30, 2024
D-NYGrace MengJan 30, 2024
D-OHJoyce BeattyJan 30, 2024
D-FLKathy CastorJan 30, 2024
D-TXLloyd DoggettJan 30, 2024
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyJan 30, 2024
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánJan 30, 2024
D-NYPaul TonkoJan 30, 2024

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 12, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  3. Jan 11, 2024Introduced in House
  4. Jan 11, 2024Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3010Nutrition CARE Act of 2023Related billOct 4, 2023

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 11, 2024Introduced in House

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